EPISTEMIKA

Why do the smartest rooms in America routinely make the most catastrophic decisions?

We did not arrive at this point of civilizational fragility by accident. From the strategic quagmire of the Iraq War to systemic collapses in public health, economic infrastructure, media ecosystems, and technological governance, America’s recurring crises share a single, hidden root: a breakdown of our collective decision-making apparatus.

In Epistemika, technologist and academic Anand Manikutty delivers a polymathic, cross-domain diagnosis of a society trapped in an “epistemic monoculture.” Drawing on fifteen years of experience writing books and articles, alongside deep insights from strategic management and global political history, Manikutty reveals that intelligence alone cannot save us. When individual cognitive biases harden into institutional echo chambers, and elite spaces reward manufactured consensus over rigorous truth-seeking, systemic failure becomes a statistical certainty.

But this is not merely a book of diagnostic despair—it is an actionable operational manual for revival.

Deeply philosophical yet fiercely practical, Epistemika bridges the gap between institutional blueprints and the human soul. It is an urgent, defiant invitation to reject performative certainty, embrace sagxo (wisdom), and construct a civilization worthy of its collective intelligence.

Discover the architecture of productive dissent. Turn the page to read the book.